Here's the live public holiday calendar for Russia — recently observed dates plus upcoming ones, kept current automatically rather than a fixed yearly list. Russia observes 2 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Russia Day (Den Rossii), Unity Day (Den Narodnogo Edinstva)). Some holidays fall on a fixed calendar date every year — an Independence or Republic Day, for instance. Others, governed by the Easter calculation, the Islamic lunar calendar, or an "nth weekday of the month" rule, shift from year to year, so each year carries its own actual date rather than an assumed repeat. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in Russia directly affect on-the-ground staffing and call-centre coverage planning. This calendar is a standard reference point for market research teams tracking regional business cycles working with partners, offices or operations in Russia.
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Live public holiday calendar for Russia, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in Russia. These fixed dates reflect official non-working days. For dynamic, movable religious observances (e.g., Eid, Easter), refer to the live calendar embed above.
| Holiday Name | Date / Observance | Category / Type | Closure Impact | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia Day (Den Rossii) Commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR in 1990. | June 12 | Federal Non-Working Holiday | Full Federal Closure (Labor Code Art. 112 Mandated) | government.ru → |
| Unity Day (Den Narodnogo Edinstva) Commemorates the popular uprising which expelled Polish occupation forces from Moscow in 1612. | November 4 | Federal Non-Working Holiday | Full Federal Closure | government.ru → |
Not every holiday repeats on the same date each year. Fixed-date holidays — a national or founding day, typically — recur exactly, while a country's movable holidays are governed by a separate calendar system and land on a different date every year. Russia's calendar can include holidays governed by the Easter computus that many Christian-majority countries use, the Hijri lunar calendar behind Islamic observances such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, or a lunisolar cycle behind holidays like Lunar New Year. Russia, like much of Europe, likely carries at least one holiday from each category on its calendar — one reason the list above shows a specific date per year instead of a single recurring one.
Under Russia's labor law, fixed-date national public holidays carry mandatory non-working status for public administration, financial institutions, and commercial enterprises — 2 such holidays are documented for Russia in the table above, all individually cross-checked against independent corroborating sources, including Russia Day (Den Rossii) on June 12. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
Worth separating, too: a true public holiday is a legally mandated non-working day — banks, schools and government offices close by law or long-standing custom. An observance is different — culturally or religiously notable, but without a mandated closure (Valentine's Day and Earth Day are common examples worldwide). This page focuses specifically on public holidays, the ones that actually affect scheduling.
Russia isn't divided into separate states or provinces the way some larger federated nations are, so its public holiday calendar applies uniformly nationwide — the dates shown above hold the same way across the whole country, without a regional layer to account for.
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| 👥 Population Rank | #9 of 249 |
| 📏 Area World Rank | #1 |
| 🏙️ Population Density | 8.9 / km² |
| 🌊 Land / Water Split | 95.8% / 4.2% |
